Canon AF35M II / (New) Sure Shot / Autoboy 2
This Canon (New) Sure Shot (aka AF35M II, or Autoboy II) came to me through an ebay auction for 3 cameras that went really cheap. It's the follow-up to Canon's original AF35M or Autoboy that was so successful. Just like Nikon's successor to their L35AF, this successor to the AF35M was simplified in a couple ways (although in Canon's literature it is referred to as an "Improved version of the original Autoboy"). Yet where it counts, it is still a performer all these years later. It features the same 38mm F2.8 lens (4 elements in 4 groups, while the original AF35M used 4 elements in 3 groups). There was also a Quartz Date (QD) version of this one.
LIKES: Very sharp and contrasty lens which is reasonably fast; fast auto focus; built-in lens cover that is opened and closed with a sliding switch
DISLIKES: Motor drive is loud (but they all are from this era); No filter threads on front of lens (why camera companies took this away back then, I'll never understand).
Above: Looking up India Street in Portland, Maine. Photo taken with a Canon (New) Sure Shot (AF35M II / Autoboy 2) using Kodak Ultramax 400 color print film.
View gallery: Canon AF35M II Sample Images
| ~ BASIC SPECS w/Commentary ~ | |
| Camera type: | Autofocus 35mm point and shoot film camera with automatic film loading, winding, and rewinding |
| Lens specs: | 38mm f/2.8, 4 elements in 4 groups (original AF35M was 4 elements in 3 groups) |
| Shutter speeds: | 1/8 - 1/500 sec. (unfortunately, 1/8th sec. is too slow to hand hold at night - use a tripod, monopod, or rest the camera on a firm surface) |
| Aperture range: | f/2.8 - f/16 |
| Viewfinder: | Shown within the viewfinder image area are the AF frame, zone focusing marks for near, medium, and far distances, parallax correction marks, battery check and camera-shake warning; Magnification is 0.45x |
| Film speed range: | ISO (ASA) 25 - 400 (as usual, you can do some exposure compensation by cheating the film speed) |
| Flash: | Manually activated at photographer's discretion when camera-shake warning lamp lights; pull out the flash switch and the flash will pop up and charge (this is the good stuff, can't stand it when the camera decides for you!) |
| Power source: | Two AA 1.5V batteries (I have used lithium batteries with no troubles, but most of these cameras tell you no rechargeables) |
| Dimensions & weight: | 125 x 76 x 46 mm, 300 g (roughly the size of a typical previous generation rangefinder camera, only much lighter) |